Google buys major military robotics maker

Google is on a robot shopping spree, and its recent purchase of a military robot maker has some wondering what exactly the company intends to do with
its own zoo of electronic creatures that creep, crawl, and climb.

It may seem odd for the Internet search giant to purchase a Boston Dynamics, a company that makes rugged machines that can run up to 29 mph, traverse
rocky terrain and hurl cinder blocks up to 17 feet. The company is the eighth robot maker Google has snatched up. But the deals also indicate that the
Internet giant and pioneer of self-driving cars is serious about a robot-filled future.

If we combine Googles surveillance cooperation with the NSA, their Webcam and Streetview omnipresence, Google Glass, recent revelations about
camera equipped mini-drones, their knowledge of all of your thoughts via their Search
Engine and now this, one can't help but think that Google qualifies as a potential candidate for the Big Brother in a total-surveillance-and-control
nation called Dystopia.

Of course maybe I`m only paranoid and all is well while Google tries to help build a better future where robots help grannies up the stairs and go
grocery shopping for me.

The article goes on to mention Amazons plan to fly around mini-drones and Googles policy to keep their reason for buying military robots secret:

Other Internet-based companies are tapping into the consumer trend as well. Last year, Amazon bought Kiva Systems, to move packages in their
warehouses. Earlier this month, in an announcement that raised eyebrows, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that flying delivery drones would deliver
packages within five years. Meanwhile, experts and researchers anticipate that with our booming population, people may come to increasingly rely on
assistive robots for elderly care.

Google's master plan remains a secret
So far, Google isn't sharing much about the purchases augmenting it's newly-launched robotics division. "It is still very early days for this, but
I can't wait to see the progress," Larry Page wrote in a Google+ post, when the New York Times revealed news of the robotics operation.

Google has long been in the robotics market. I believe they are attempting to use their vast stores of information and technology know-how to build
working artificial intelligence. To me, it is the only logical step on the road they are travelling.

It will be interesting to see what Google produces in the AI arena over the next decade.

Skyfloating
The article goes on to mention Amazons plan to fly around mini-drones and Googles policy to keep their reason for buying military robots secret:

Other Internet-based companies are tapping into the consumer trend as well. Last year, Amazon bought Kiva Systems, to move packages in their
warehouses. Earlier this month, in an announcement that raised eyebrows, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that flying delivery drones would deliver
packages within five years. Meanwhile, experts and researchers anticipate that with our booming population, people may come to increasingly rely on
assistive robots for elderly care.

Google's master plan remains a secret
So far, Google isn't sharing much about the purchases augmenting it's newly-launched robotics division. "It is still very early days for this, but
I can't wait to see the progress," Larry Page wrote in a Google+ post, when the New York Times revealed news of the robotics operation.

Well Google already has an operating system named Android, so the next logical step, of course, is to create real Android's running Android.

projectvxn
Google has long been in the robotics market. I believe they are attempting to use their vast stores of information and technology know-how to build
working artificial intelligence. To me, it is the only logical step on the road they are travelling.

It will be interesting to see what Google produces in the AI arena over the next decade.

That's an optimistic view of their ongoings. If they were a "do no evil" outfit, I`d go along with this view.

If we look at the 100+ companies Google has bought in the last years I think we are looking at the most powerful company-to-be that the world has ever
seen. I can see why China and Iran are paranoid about Google, to the point of banning many of their services.

Agreed. Google is a very powerful company. But, in reality, these acquisitions scream AI research. While I share the concerns about google as all
other Americans(and people of the world in general) should, I am still vehemently curious to see where they are going with their forays into robotics.

projectvxn
Google has long been in the robotics market. I believe they are attempting to use their vast stores of information and technology know-how to build
working artificial intelligence. To me, it is the only logical step on the road they are travelling.

It will be interesting to see what Google produces in the AI arena over the next decade.

Considering that Google's semi-new creative director is Ray Kurzweil, I totally agree with you on this. With Ray onboard, Google's going to be
playing a very long game when it comes to technology. That man's vision is clear, accurate and goes into the next 40 years. His books are very
informative.

This company has their eye on intuitive technologies, AI, tactile interfaces for information technology and on and on and on.

They've managed to actually put out good products that people want to buy and while they do have to answer some questions on the stewardship of our
information, they are on the leading edge of technological development.

If we combine Googles surveillance cooperation with the NSA, their Webcam and Streetview omnipresence, Google Glass, recent revelations about
camera equipped mini-drones, their knowledge of all of your thoughts via their Search Engine and now this, one can't help but think that Google
qualifies as a potential candidate for the Big Brother in a total-surveillance-and-control nation called Dystopia.

I've always said the real Big Brother is corporate. And I'm not paranoid.

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